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This is another picture of Chicago taxpayer’s road salt slipping out of a Chicago Streets and Sanitation Station. These two trucks have no signs that indicate they are owned by the City of Chicago. How can this happen? I have more pictures. Chicago is blanketed by an ice storm. Missing road salt on a public road could mean the life of one of your children. Where are the cameras that protect the taxpayer’s money? Who is allowing this? Where is the Chicago Inspector General? Photo by Chicago Clout Inspector General. Patrick McDonough

It was brought to my attention, a lady has a little day care center, was robbed of $1800.00. The men told her they know plumbing, busted up the floor, and left this mess. The children were playing in open sewers and smelling deadly gas. The lady keeps the children on the first floor. I am hoping all Chicago Department of Water Management employees would make a nice Christmas for this lady and help her get her house in order. The house was loaded with flies. I am willing to donate all the material, will you donate your Plumbing skills? I think this would be a nice challenge. Photo by Patrick McDonough

When most people purchase a home, they put everything at risk. When you purchase a new home you expect a very small amount of maintenance problems. In most cases, when you purchase a home on Chicago, the plumbing code, if enforced should provide years and years, of trouble free service. Yesterday, I had a wonderful lunch with Ms. Lee, she explained her situation at her new Chinatown condominium in Chicago. Ms. Lee is a very well educated, and a classically trained String Bass player. Ms. Lee is a Chicago Clout fan, so I decide to help. Ms. Lee lives in a new condo at the 2229-2245 South Canal a 24 unit project. Two years ago she started to have sewer back-ups. Not long after she had repairs totaling tens of thousands of dollars.]]> Continue reading “Kristina Lee fights Chicago City Hall”

Two pickup trucks went into a Streets and Sanitation Yard and got loaded with Chicago Taxpayer’s Salt. The private trucks were loaded by a large City of Chicago front end loader. None of the men had any City vests, and none of the pickup trucks were from the City of Chicago. None of the trucks had any “M” plates or any lettering on the side of their trucks. Look, this is not rocket science people. I have some more pictures that need to be put in the right hands. These pictures should be sold to the highest bidder. Photo by Chicago Clout’s Inspector General. You got to admire the organization in the Bridgeport’s 11th Ward, these guys are good!!! Patrick McDonough

From the left is Salvador Madrid and Chris Roman. They work with Stephanie a Chicago Master Sandwich maker. One day, Stephanie and I were talking about a Corned Beef Sandwich, I was hoping she also sold pastrami. She and I agreed on the following, a large pile of corned beef, toasted rye, coleslaw, and Russian dressing. http://www.jerryssandwiches.com The dressing must drip out of the sandwich. Include two slices of Swiss cheese. The coleslaw must still be a little cold, chewy and crunchy. This is a sick arrangement of ingredients that do not belong together. This sandwich is called a “Paddy” or a “Deep Water”. You will drool like a pig after eating this Chicago Classic, it is named after me. Photo by Patrick McDonough.

Excellent article by Fran Spielman of the Chicago Sun-Times. Michael McGann is one of the most intelligent Plumbing Inspectors in the City of Chicago. I read his report and he is 100% correct in his review of the troubled plumbing in the Chicago School. Read here: ‘They’re trying to make me the fall guy’ SCHOOL’S WATER WOES | City inspector may be disciplined for faxing report on dangerous plumbing to principal

November 30, 2007
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com
An $85,068-a-year city plumbing inspector who uncovered “two pages worth” of building code violations that left 1,100 children at Jose de Diego Community Academy without water for weeks is facing disciplinary acton for faxing a copy of his inspection report to the school’s principal.
Michael McGann, a 14-year inspector assigned to the city’s Department of Buildings, said he gave the Oct. 24 report to de Diego principal Alice Vera so she could use the information to try to expedite repairs that had languished for weeks, endangering students at the 116-year-old school at 1313 N. Claremont.
He can’t believe he’s being punished for it, simply because the embarrassing story of his bosses’ bureaucratic bungling — that prompted the school’s 14 water fountains to be taped shut for weeks — ended up in the Nov. 23 Sun-Times, with a copy of the inspection report posted on the newspaper’s Web site.
The report contained two pages of code violations with “dead-ends everywhere … uncirculated distribution lines that connected to and endangered” the integrity of the drinking water system, McGann said. It was faxed to Vera earlier this month.
“It’s a disgrace. They’re being exposed for not doing their job and, because I’m the one who made the inspection, they’re trying to make me the fall guy, the scapegoat,” said McGann, 52. “They should have processed the violation notice immediately . . . . Instead, they sat on it and did nothing.”
Water reportedly back on
He added, “The principal was frustrated. . . . Nothing was happening. . . . She called me and we kept in communication. . . . It had gone weeks without any word from any of my superiors about getting the water back on in the building so the water was safe for the children. So, I sent her my report so she would know the severity of the violations and how they were to be resolved. . . . My motive was to protect the health and safety of the children of the school.”
Buildings Department spokesman Bill McCaffrey said McGann faces disciplinary action — to be determined after hearings that got under way Thursday — for violating internal rules that prohibit preliminary inspection reports from being shared with outsiders until approved by higher-ups. “Inspection reports are subject to review by immediate supervisors and chiefs. Until the report is approved, it is still a draft document. Once it’s finalized, it can be distributed outside the department,” he said.
Vera could not be reached for comment.
Last week, de Diego officials told the Sun-Times they had been instructed to ration water since Sept. 14, when a water main broke outside the school in the Humboldt Park/Wicker Park area. That meant giving students as little as a half a glass of water a day for eleven weeks straight.
According to McCaffrey, the water was turned back on at de Diego on Monday after new “check valves that prevent water from flowing backwards through the system” were installed to remedy concerns about “dead-end piping.”
The school is also planning to take other steps to “remove some of the pipes that just end,” he said.

Sounds like whistleblower retaliation, and I know whistleblower retaliation.
But remember, dead ends must be removed, check valves do not correct dead ends, Patrick McDonough.
Photo by Jean Lachat, Patrick McDonough

Expert Analysis by Patrick McDonough. Please enjoy this exclusive photo of a boiler system in the Jose de Diego Community Academy in Chicago. The Chicago Department of Water Management got a sock in the eye when a water main break was handled by the North District Department of Water Management. The North District suffered multiple embarrassments after drug, gambling, prostitution, hired trucks, and multiple investigations have surfaced the last few years. The North District workers include many Caulkers and Foreman that are not Licensed Plumbers, a political favor that will continue to plague the Department and the Taxpayers of Chicago. Chicago needs the Water Department to review who made the water main repairs, and make sure the proper procedures were followed when a water main is shut down. More on this later. Please click below to read the article. Plumber’s Local 130 must “Protect the Health of the Nation” and review what was done at the water main break. I reviewed the PDF report by the Chicago Plumbing Inspector and reviewed multiple pictures of the boiler room. Why is the CPS hiring handymen and Pipefitters to handle work requiriing Licensed Plumbers. I want Tom McManus and Tom Durkin to investigate on behalf of Plumber’s Local 130 members sitting at home with no work. Photo by Chicago Clout Investigator General Team.

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Mayor Daley and the rubber stamp alderman have destroyed the powers of the Inspector General. Anthony Boswell a corporate lackey knows the chain of command well. Feed the information up the ladder and do what you are told. Remember Chicago City Workers, you will now have two departments to fight if you targeted by the Daley Administration. Your chance of getting your job back after a termination will be reduced. I suggest if you are a loafer to get some clout and quick. Read this article by Gary Washburn of the Chicago Tribune.

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Commissioner Frank Avila is on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. He was elected to this post in 2002. On December 14, 2007, Commissioner Frank Avila will host a show to inform children on what happens to water after it comes out of a faucet. My sons helped Commissioner Avila tape some Public Service Announcements (PBAs) last week. I cannot wait for this children’s show to broadcast, if you have some children that would like to be on the show, please contact me asap. You might have a star for a child. Pictured with the Commissioner is Michael McDonough on the left and David McDonough on the right. Photo by Patrick McDonough

Commissioner John Spatz of the Department of Water Management kept mum when the questions were flying from Chicago’s Channel 2 news hit regarding the “Rainblocker Vortex” nightmare. Many Chicago basement are flooding because of a poorly implemented and under-engineered design. Mayor Daley should know many Sewer Workers have been helping Channel 2 News and are providing information on the weaknesses of the “Rainblockers”. Thanks guys, you get a gold star, keep exposing fraud, watch this video, http://cbs2chicago.com/local/home.floods.rainblockers.2.569235.html
Special thanks to “Deep Water” for his assistance. Special thanks to Amy Le a friend of mine. Patrick McDonough.